Baïnounk Gubëeher

Baïnounk Gubëeher
Baïnounk Gubëeher
Native to Senegal[1]
Native speakers
less than 1000 Gubeeher proper (2011)[2]
Niger–Congo
Dialects
  • Gubeeher
  • Gufangor
  • Gubelor
Latin script[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog gube1234[5]

Baïnounk Gubëeher is a minority language of Senegal, whose speakers are concentrated in Djibonker, Casamance.[1]

Phonology

Consonants

The consonant phonemes of Baïnounk Gubëeher are as follows:[6]

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
Fricative voiceless f s x h
Approximant w l j
Flap ɾ
Notes

Vowels

The vowel phonemes of Baïnounk Gubëeher are as follows:[7]

Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i u
Near-close j ɪː ʊ ʊː
Close-mid e o
Mid ə əː
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ɔ ɔː
Open a

Length is phonemic for all vowels. The difference between /i, u/ and /ɪ, ʊ/ is hard to perceive; the minimal pairs are rare.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Cobbinah (2013:3)
  2. "Baïnounk Gubëeher" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 "Endangered Languages Project - Baïnounk Gubëeher".
  4. Cobbinah (2013:22)
  5. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Gubeeher-Gufangor-Gubelor". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Cobbinah (2013:166)
  7. Cobbinah (2013:167)
  8. Cobbinah (2013:167–168)

Bibliography


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